Principal Forms
| Present, Sg.3 | schriibt |
| Past Participle | gschribe |
Auxiliary
haa
Alternative Forms
Etymology
From Middle High German schrīben, from Old High German scrīban, from Proto-Germanic *skrībaną, a late borrowing from Latin scrībō (“write”), which comes from a word meaning “to scribe, to scrape”. Cognate with German schreiben, Dutch schrijven, English shrive, Icelandic skrifa. See: Middle High German '
schrīben', Old High German 'scrīban', Proto-Germanic '
*skrībaną', Latin '
scrībō', German, old spelling '
schreiben', Dutch '
schrijven', English '
shrive', Icelandic '
skrifa'.
Sample Sentences
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1978, Rolf Lyssey and Christa Maerker, Die Schweizermacher (transcript) (As a former Head of Naturalization once wrote…)